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【題目】Frederick Callison has been posting up outside of a Sacramento Smart & Final grocery store for the past two years and his method of looking for help has finally paid off.

Michael Marteen noticed Callison while shopping with his family on Feb. 24. Used to seeing homeless people ask for food and money, Marteen found it refreshing to see someone making an effort to find work in such difficult situations.

When Marteen approached him, he noticed Callison was sitting on a sleeping bag with several resumes(簡(jiǎn)歷)neatly laid out, along with a sign that read“need work and food.”

“When I asked if I could see his resume, he stood right up to hand one to me and then started telling me all about his experience as if it were an interview,”Marteen toldTODAY. “I’ve been in situations where I had nothing and had to try extremely hard to get work, and there he was doing that, so I have a lot of respect for him.”

Marteen bought him a bottle of water and some ravioli（餛飩）and then took a picture of his resume to post on Facebook, not knowing if anything would come of it.

Sure enough, someone came across his post and offered Callison a job as a cook at a downtown restaurant called Pizza Rocks.

“He was excited about landing a job and very grateful for the opportunity,” Marteen said. “He was up the night before studying the menu for hours.”

The restaurant gave him clothes to wear and a friend is providing Callison with a place to stay until he can get back on his feet.

“It’s easy to look at someone and not see anything but a homeless man, but after talking to him I realized he’s so much more than that,” Marteen said. “He’s a well spoken, cool and friendly guy who knows what he wants and is going after it.”

【1】What is the passage mainly about?

A. Homeless Callison landed a job.

B. Homeless Callison was helped by Facebook.

C. Homeless Callison dreamed big.

D. Homeless Callison lived a hard life.

【2】What makes Callison different from other homeless people?

A. He begged at the same place for two years.

B. He had a sleeping bag with him.

C. He is friendly, cool and well spoken.

D. He was looking for a job while begging.

【3】What does the underlined word in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Pitiful. B. Unforgettable.

C. Strange and interesting. D. Unbelievable.

【4】What can we infer about Callison after he was offered a job?

A. He was offered clothes by the restaurant.

B. He took his job seriously.

C. He couldn't walk properly.

D. He would soon become rich.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，講述了Marteen發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)名叫Callison的無(wú)家可歸的流浪漢不放棄，努力尋找工作，并且成功找到工作的故事。Marteen認(rèn)為Callison是一個(gè)努力生活，對(duì)比其他流浪漢，具有閃光點(diǎn)的人。解題時(shí)，緊扣事情線索，抓住Marteen的態(tài)度，可順利解題。

【1】主旨大意題，文章主要介紹了Marteen發(fā)現(xiàn)一個(gè)名叫Callison的無(wú)家可歸的人找到工作的事情，Callison通過(guò)努力找到了一份飯店的工作，并且很努力，有自己的追求，Marteen從他身上看了不一樣的閃光點(diǎn)。故A選項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)文章第二段“Used to seeing homeless people ask for food and money,Marteen found it refreshing to .......”Marteen對(duì)這樣一個(gè)處境困難，無(wú)家可歸的人努力找工作感到新奇，而他過(guò)去常常看到流浪漢只是乞討。同時(shí)由下文可知Callison通過(guò)自己的努力找到工作，而且積極追求生活�？梢�(jiàn)Callison與其他流浪漢有不同之處，他一直在努力尋找工作。故選D。

【3】詞義理解題，根據(jù)劃線詞上下文可知，Marteen看到流浪漢拼命努力工作，與其之間看到流浪漢只是乞討，兩種產(chǎn)生了巨大的反差。Pitiful可憐的，Unforgettable難忘的，Strange and interesting驚奇又興奮，Unbelievable難以置信的。結(jié)合Marteen下文的態(tài)度，他對(duì)Callison表示尊重，從他身上看了希望。所以他的態(tài)度應(yīng)該是振奮人心的。故選C

【4】判斷推理題，根據(jù)文章下文信息，Callison對(duì)于獲得工作很感激，并且非常認(rèn)真，“He was up the night before studying the menu for hours”可由此推出他會(huì)嚴(yán)肅認(rèn)真對(duì)待工作，而D選項(xiàng)He would soon become rich，文并未下此定論。故選B.